There is concern the issue could also lose the party the mayoral race in the West Midlands where an independent candidate has won the backing of many in the Muslim community
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner applaud next to Labour Party MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb
Labour sources said there was a large Muslim vote for independent Akhmed Yakoob, who has campaigned hard on social media about Gaza. But, he added, the swing away from Labour in those areas “doesn’t look large enough at this stage to affect them at a general election”. He told the BBC: “What we have got to do is send the message, again and again, Labour passed a vote in Parliament for a ceasefire in Gaza and forced the Government to vote for a ceasefire at the UN Security Council.
“Starmer should respond by getting off the fence and calling for a suspension of arms sales to Israel, as other parties have done, and unreservedly condemning Israel’s ongoing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.”
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